31 Aug 2006
Transcribed by Stacey Gardner
Birdham is a parish 4 miles south-west from Chichester, in the south-western division of the county, hundred Manhood, rape, petty sessional division and county court district of Chichester, union of Westhampnet, and in the rural deanery of Selsey and archdeaconry and diocese of Chichester. The Arundel and Portsmouth Canal passes through the parish and terminates at Chichester Harbour. The church (supposed to have been dedicated to St James) is an ancient edifice of stone, in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, and has a tower containing 2 bells; the church was restored in 1883 at a cost of £819, and has sittings for 250 persons. The register dates from 1538. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £441, with residence and 4 ½ acres of glebe, in the gift of the Bishop of Chichester, and held since 1915 by Rev. Charles William Hunt B.A. of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor, and George T. Bayley esq. is the principal landowner. The soil is loam subsoil, Bracklesham clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. Area 1,806 acres of land and 5 of water, 37 of tidal water and 138 of foreshore; rateable value £2,618; the population in 1921 was 391.
Post, M. O. & T. & T. E. D. Office – Letters through Chichester.
Carriers to Chichester, Hugh Alan Mason, tues, fri & sat (goods only); Alfred Edwin Trickery, daily.
Southdown Motor Omnibus pass through daily.
Private Residents
Blaauw Bertram W. St. Leger, Broken Stone
Dawrey Misses, Kinross
Farne Walter, Court Barn House
Greenwood Daniel William, Fir Tree House
Hobgen Sidney F. The Willows
Hunt Rev. Charles W., B.A. (rector), Rectory
Hughes J.A. The Spinney
Jansen A. Mill Cottage
Jones Miss A. A. Ockendens
MacMillan Commander James Charles Newsome O.B.E., R.N. (ret.), Coneycroft
Nixon Alfred John, Itchenor Gate House
Outhwaite Robert Leonard
Read George, Northleigh
Commercial
Marked thus * farm 150 acres or over.
Allman Arthur, grocer, post office T.N.1
Allman E. & Co. motor & general engineers (speciality repair work) & agents for Rushton Tractors. T.N.7
Bailey E. L., boot repairer
*Bayley Geo. Tuer, farmer, Batchmeres T.N.3
Bedford Frederick, Bell P.H.
Boughton Brothers, farmers
Bowley Harold, farmer, Mill farm
Carpenter Reuben, bricklayer
Catton Charles William, farmer
Colwell Arthur Roberts, haulier, Valletta. T.N.37
Dormer George William, butcher. T.N.50
Farne & Sons, millers (water)
Farne William, farmer, Holt’s Farm T.N.34
Harris William, farmer, Lippering farm
Haskins Arthur, farmer
Kewell James, farmer, Claytons farm
Ling James, blacksmith
Mason Hugh Alan, motor garage. T.N.9
Pennicott James, The Hotel P.H.
Read Brothers, farmers, Northleigh
*Schenk Klass, famrer
Shorter Harry, wheelwright
Shrubb Henry, smallholder
Stearn Albert W. builder, contractor & decorator; plumbing & sanitary work, Itchenor Green. T.N.15
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